KEY PENINSULA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Minutes for Friday, April 16, 2004

 

Place: Horseshoe Lk. Restaurant, 12:00pm by President June Williams

Present: Marv & Myrtle Keizur, Barb Heard, Ruth Bramhall, Dennis Taylor, Fred & Mary Ramsdell, Terry & Delia Kaas, Joe Rhea, Ed Taylor, Lois McMahan, Bek Ashby, Erlene Twidt, Ross Bischoff, Derek Kilmer.

Guest Speakers: Pat Lantz, District 26 Representative, gave an informative talk on various subjects including domestic violence, transportation, DNR parkland, education, WASL tests & charter schools.

Secretary’s Report/Corres: MSC to approve the minutes from 04/02/04. Treasurer’s Report: Balance on hand is $3782.13

Old Business/Committees:

  1. Community Council – Ruth gave several local locations where survey boxes are located for entering registrations for the June 26th vote.  These include the KC Library, KC Fire Station, Peninsula Markets, Texaco & Lu Lu’s Homeport Restaurant.
  2. KP Fair – Fred said vendor applications are available and coming in.  Agri-Vision is expanding and there will be a Thursday night Youth Night.
  3. KP Livable Community Fair – Dennis said the KPBA has a table set aside and literature pertaining to your business is needed.  Volunteers to man this table are also needed.
  4. Business Economic Development – Derek said the GH Chamber has a separate web site for businesses and monthly roundtables are scheduled for specific business types.  A focus of this group is business retention and expansion.
  5. Scholarship Committee –Two recipients have been chosen. 
  6. Road Clean Up –Cancelled until summer.
  7. MSC that any person who lets their cell phone ring during a meeting will pay a fine, the amount of the fine to be determined later.
  8. KPBA Website – Ed reported it is in test mode and will soon go public.

New Business:

1.       DNR Property – Ed said committee members have been working with the DNR the past few years on trying to obtain the land surrounding Horseshoe Lk. Golf Course.  Several major groups would lease the property for their events.

Individual Reports:

  1. Fred said donated fire trucks will be driven to Guatemala.  2. Mary emphasized the “treasures” that can be found at Angel Guild. 3. Erlene has llamas for sale and IM PACT is discovering monetary needs for odds and ends. Furniture & household items are needed too, although storage space is lacking. 4. Some of Terry Kaas’s work is hanging in Key Center. 5. Marv is now working on extensions and planning to move his business to his home. 6. Barb has loan promotions at Sound CU. 7. June is losing an employee at Key Bank 8. Ruth reminded everyone of the Fishermens Breakfast on April 25th. 9. Dennis said a Crime Prevention Task Force, specific to our area, is being created with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Dept. 10. Lois said campaign season is officially open.  11. Ross has fresh rhubarb for sale.  12. Bek’s business does non-conforming mortgage lending. 13. Joe said a Burger King is supposed to be coming to the area.   

Meetings/Events/Activities:

Breakfast                                Homeport Restaurant                Friday, May 7                7:30am

Lunch                                      Horseshoe Lk. Rest.                  Friday, May 21              12:00pm

Fishermens Breakfast               KP Sportsmens Club                   April 25th

Breakfast & Boat Race             Longbranch Impv. Club              May 1st

Livable Community Fair         KP Civic Center                           May 8th

 

May Guest Speaker-Dennis Taylor

June Guest Speaker-Lois McMahan

 

Meeting Adjourned: Approximately 1:45pm

Respectfully Submitted: Barbara Heard